Lateral reading is when you look outside of your source to find additional information about a source's credibility, reputation, funding sources, and biases. This lesson builds students' critical thinking skills around AI-generated content by teaching them to verify sources using lateral reading.

Students learn to verify AI-generated content using lateral reading - the same technique used by professional journalists and fact-checkers. They identify real vs. fabricated sources and apply verification skills to their own project materials.

This provides teachers with the answers for Activity #1 Real vs. Fake Using Lateral Reading. In this activity, students will have 10 minutes to review which of the 5 articles presented are real and which are fake. Using lateral reading students will determine which of these articles is a genuine, reliable resource.